Anthony Ray / Pip BarnardSpanish Pottery 1248-1898, With a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.V&A Museum, 2000. Hardcover with dusjacket IN FINE CONDITION, slipcase, 418 pages, Illustrated. ISBN: 9781851772919Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 is a catalogue of the V&A's collection which is one of the most important outside Spain. It brings together objects made over seven centuries illustrating them with over 1000 black and white and 261 colour illustrations. Yet at the same time it is conceived as a general history of Spanish pottery, and thus includes comparative pieces from other collections to give a fuller picture. It is the first book in English to present an overall view of the subject and the first in any language to present Spanish pottery in a historical rather than a regional context. This major work is the result of many years of research in the great public and private collections in Spain and elsewhere in Europe, and is a definitive work of reference based on careful study of original documents and of the literature of the subject.Booknumber: 52921 | Price: EUR 600.00 Add to cart

Bengt NystromRORSTRAND, Art Nouveau Porcelain from Sweden. Rorstrandarnoldsche, 2011. 224 pages, 24.5 x 31 cm, 200 colour illustrations. 30 black and white illustrations, 60 two-tone illustrations. Hardcover with dust jacket. Text in English and German. 148 objects from the Collection Hans Schmidts. ISBN: 9783897903418The appearance of the Rorstrand porcelain factory from Stockholm at the 1900 world exhibition in Paris was brilliant: the world had never seen such expert handling of porcelain mass ? some in the form of waferthin petals ? and an underglaze colour palette with such subtle nuances. The critics were full of praise and the economic success was soon to follow.
The foundation for this laid in the cooperation between Rorstrand and the painter Alf Wallander, who had worked for the manufacturer from 1894/1895. By 1896 Rorstrand had his first big success with the porcelain designed by Wallander at exhibitions in Stockholm, Malmo and Gothenburg. Its artistic rise finally began in 1897 with the Art and Industry Exposition in Stockholm and found its crowning moment in Paris, the International Exhibition of Modern Art in Turin in 1902 and the World Exhibition in St. Louis in 1904. Rorstrand could now compete on an international level alongside the two significant Danish manufacturers Royal Copenhagen and BingBooknumber: 42348 | Price: EUR 49.00 Add to cart

BIJDENDIJKDining with the Tsars, Delicate beauty from the Hermitage, ENG. met bijlage van chef Joris Bijdendijk.De Nieuwe Kerk - Hermitage, 2014. Paperback, 280x240mm, 335p,English edition Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN: 9789078653493In the year that the Hermitage Amsterdam celebrates its fifth anniversary on the Amstel, begins on September 6, 2014 the exhibition Dining with the Tsars. Fragile beauty of the Hermitage. On the basis of eight gorgeous sets from the St. Petersburg Hermitage visitors can experience the dinners and banquets of the tsars. They imagine themselves guests in possession of an imperial invitation, ascend the stairs of the Winter Palace, learn the rules of etiquette, preparing for the festive visit. Then they make. Their entrance into the great hall for dinner The majestic sets, on tables with decorated table pieces, show the mesmerizing grandeur of the banquets that were the tsars. The biggest show off sets are those of Catherine the Great, as the Crockery with the Green Frog (Wedgwood) and the Dinner service with Cameos (Sevres, Paris). But the sets of later Tsars are impressive. Extra cachet they still get because they are inextricably linked to the history of Europe.Booknumber: 46428 | Price: EUR 29.95 Add to cart

BOCKOL, Leslie;VICTORIAN MAJOLICA,Atglen, Schiffer Publishing, 1996. Bound, black cloth, illustrated dustjacket, 215 x 285mm., 192pp., very profound colour illustration. ISBN: 0887409539Beautiful color photographs of hundreds of Majolica ceramics from the Victorian age and more historical research continue in this new study. The book traces majolica's roots and lists the manufacturers and their marks. Over 300 color photographs, taken in America and Britain, illustrate the high craftsmanship of majolica's nineteenth century potters. Artistic influences on majolica's designs are reviewed along with the evolving majolica markets England, America, Europe, and Canada. Specialty tablewares, decorative pieces, titles, and the controversial greenwares all are included. The price guide is a valuable tool. New book.Booknumber: 20149 | Price: EUR 49.00 Add to cart

BROWN, Roxanna M.;THE CERAMICS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA. THEIR DATING AND IDENTIFICATION,Chicago, Art Media Resources, 2000**. Pictorial softcover, 205 x 280mm., 130pp., L color plates and 63 b/w plates. This is a reprint of the 1988 second edition of the standard work on Southeast Asian ceramics. Recent progress in original research and discovery can be summarized into four areas of major importance: first, the identification of Guangdong ceramics as the missing link between the wares of China and those of both Vietnam and Kampuchea; secondly, the unexpected discovery of burial sites in the hills of western Thailand, which contained examples of northern Thai wares rarely seen previously; thirdly the discovery of Burmese glazed ceramics; and finally, new findings from excavations at the Sawankalok kiln site. In this second edition, the author takes into full account the developments in the last decade to bring her original study up to date, and also takes the opportunity to revise the text where necessary. In addition, a large number of new illustrations, both in color and black and white, have been included together with drawings and maps. The outcome is virtually a new book, completely reset and reillustrated. New book.Booknumber: 17417 | Price: EUR 35.00 Add to cart

CASEY, Andrew;ART DECO CERAMICS IN BRITAIN,Suffolk, Antique Collector's Club, 2008. Bound, blue cloth with gold impression, illustrated dustjacket, illustrated inner platters, frontispice in colour, 225 x 280mm., 264pp., beautiful colour illustration troughout. This book focuses on the art deco ceramics that were produced by the British pottery industry during the late twenties and early thirties. It covers all the important aspects of the popular style from its origins in France, its breakthrough in Britain and how the style took on during the early thirties. The background of art deco is examined and how it developed in France during the early part of the twentieth century: how European designers created new shapes and patterns and how these ideas eventually made their way into British design. Art Deco Ceramics in Britain looks at the well-established factories such as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd and Minton who produced the top of the range wares for the upper classes and how they were forced, due to market forces, to produce art deco styled wares. At the same time the smaller factories were able to respond quickly to the art deco style, using hand painted decoration, which was an important feature of art deco patterning with the big names such as Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper still being well known today. Also documented in the book are concise, yet comprehensive biographies of many smaller factories that are not so well known today. This listing provides an invaluable source for or ideas for new areas of collecting. New book.Booknumber: 18338 | Price: EUR 50.00 Add to cart